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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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